Smoking and its effects on the body I am doing my drug project on smoking. In some countries, smoking causes one-third of all cancer deaths. It causes diseases of the heart, lung, digestive tract, kidney, bladder. There are many other health risks. There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and 200 of those are known poisons. Pregnant women who smoke may have miscarriages, low birth weight, still birth, and premature birth. There are a few reasons why people smoke. Most teenagers smoke be...

The Good Things of Cigarette Smoking? It is estimated that two hundred thousand smokers will die this year. This estimate is averaged out, based on the effects of smoking and the amount of people that smoke. Smoking causes many things to a smoker's life, a smoker can acquire awful smells, diseases, and a waste of money. The abundant amounts of effects of smoking are overwhelming. First, smokers create unpleasant smells to themselves and everything they own. Smoke itself is awful smelling and, wh...

Help Put Out the Butt in Teen Smoking You could probably walk around your neighborhood and see groups of teenagers smoking. In fact, there 6,000 teens that start smoking everyday and 3,000 of them will make the choice to continue smoking. Throughout this essay, I will give you facts on why it is smart to either stop smoking now or never start. You probably ask yourself, "Why do teens smoke" There are many explanations to that question. Many teens say they started because of peer pressure or othe...

Banning Cigarettes This year alone cigarettes will kill over 420,000 Americans, and many more will suffer from cancers, and circulatory and respiratory system diseases. These horrible illnesses were known to come from cigarettes for years. Recently the Food and Drug Administration declared nicotine, the main chemical in cigarettes, addictive. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the constantly warned about health dangers in cigarettes. Some resear...

Argument: Why You Should Not Smoke Cigarettes You should not smoke cigarettes because of three reasons: Smoking causes cancer, Smoking is an expensive habit and Smoking also can cause heart disease. Smoking is linked to cancer of the lung, mouth, larynx and esophagus. Smoking is an expensive habit with cigarette packs cost anywhere from three to four dollars a pack, it adds up to a great expense. Also smoking cigarettes can cause a higher risk to develop heart disease. The first reason why you s...

November 15, 1998 English Comp. I Disgusting Smoke Stains and Odors Has anyone ever walked by you with the smell of stagnant smoke on his or her clothes, or have you ever met someone that has yellow stains on their teeth from nicotine Smoking cigarettes not only makes people smell bad, but the things around them as well. The appearance of a smoker and their belongings is disgusting and irreversible. Smoking effects smokers as well as non-smokers in many different ways. Smoking cigarettes will pr...

The hazards of smoking Smoking cigarettes is very hazardous to the health of smokers and the health of the people around them. Many people die because of inhaling cigarette smoke every year. Some of the harmful ingredients in cigarette smoke are nicotine, carbon monoxide, and tar. Nicotine is addictive. It is also one of the most dangerous chemicals in cigarette tobacco. Nicotine begins to effect the a smoker's blood pressure, the flow of blood from their heart, their heart beat, and breathing r...

The article is about how one can become addicted to nicotine with just a few cigarettes. According to a recent report in the British Medical Association Journal, research has shown that some teenagers show indication of addiction to nicotine within days of their first cigarette. According to a research on 181 teenagers who smokes, ninety-five of the teenagers confessed they started smoking occasionally at least one cigarette a month. About 60 to 65 percent had symptoms of addiction, which includ...

How Secondhand Smoking Affects Us As most of you know, smoking is bad for your health, but what some of you might not know is that you don't actually have to smoke to be harmed by smoking. Lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women, is mainly caused by cigarette smoking. Secondhand smoking causes approximately 2 percent of lung cancer deaths each year. It causes respiratory disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), middle ear disease, and asthma attacks in chil...

According to the American Lung Association, there are an estimated 50 million people who smoke. For some reason people just do not fully understand the risks they take by smoking. Cigarette smoking is a frequent cause for many health problems with smokers. To begin with, there are many hazardous ingredients in cigarette tobacco. Some of the ingredients are poisonous or addictive. Cigarette smoke produces thousands of chemicals that are hazardous to a smoker's health. There are over 4000 chemical...

Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke, but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke, commonly known as "tar", collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke, including carcinogens, irritants, and corro...

My addiction to nicotine progressed from casual social smoking to consuming two packs a week. Although I've only been smoking for about one year, I had to quit before my addiction became much stronger. Like most smokers, I've tried to quit cold turkey on many occasions, but the mood and the will power lasts only until my synapses (nerve endings) start screaming, crying, and pleading with my conscious for a cigarette. The intendment of my quest was to discern the influences on my smoking habit an...

The Harmful Effects Of Smoking a Cigarette The harmful effects of smoking are: Lung Cancer Smoking accounts for about 80-90% of all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, chronic mucus secretion, and chronic air flow blocks. Smoking is involved in 85% of all lung cancer deaths. An individual with chronic bronchitis, which is caused by smoking, is more likely to get a bacterial infection if he or she is a smoker. A smoker gets more nose and throat inflammations, respiratory infections,...

Smoking is the inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco. Tobacco leaves are dried and cured, then rolled into cigars or shredded for pipes or cigarettes, the most popular method of smoking. About 50 million people in the United States smoke a total of 570 billion cigarettes each year. In the 1940's, smoking was considered harmless, but laboratory and clinical research has since proved that cigarette smoke contains around 4000 chemicals, some of which are highly toxic. Nicotine, ...

Hurting Yourself Smoking is an addiction. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a drug that is addictive and can make it very hard, but not impossible, to quit. More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses. Smoking greatly increases your risk for lung cancer and many other cancers. Hurting Others Smoking harms not just the smoker, but also family members, coworkers, and others who breathe the smoker's cigarette smoke, called secondhand smoke. Among infants to 18 m...

Smokey Restaurants According to an article in Public Health News titled "Number of Smoke-Free' Restaurants Soars", and published March 9, 1999, cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and exposure to environmental smoke or secondhand smoke is responsible for 1,000 non-smoker deaths in Washington state each year. Listed below are some ideas that will help eliminate the problem of cigarette smoke ruining many meals in restaurants. In the past few years some public places have established the...

There are several reasons why people in general should not smoke. It can cause many diseases, cost alot, and death can be the final result. Many health related diseases can come from smoking. I can cause lung problems and throat problems. By smoking a pack a day you take the risk of never being able to use your voice again. By smoking a pack a day you also risk damaging your lungs which in most cases is always the end result smoking. Smoking anywhere you go cost so much money. Someone who smokes...

For the past one hundred years, a variety of chocolate, candy, and bubble gum confections have been manufactured that simulate the appearance of actual cigarettes. The persuasive packaging of these products influences kids of all ages to buy these seemingly harmless treats. Recently, however, many parents and other adults are becoming concerned with the fact that perhaps these candies are swaying kids towards real cigarette smoking. The government has recently caught onto this new found uproar a...

As part of my health and wellness plan for lecture I had to submit a w. h. i. p. contract where I stated contractually some type of lifestyle altering thing I was going to do during this quarter. I chose to submit a contract where I would cut back considerably if not completely my habit of cigarettes. Because of this I thought I would look into some of the statistics and affects smoking has in order to reinforce my conviction that it is time to stop smoking. This year alone "cigarettes will kill...